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K. E. CONLEY.

COUPON HOLDER APPLICATION FILED FEB. I3|19I5.

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KERRY E. CONLEY, OF ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA.

COUPON-HOLDER.

Application filed February 13, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KERRY E. GONLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Olmstead and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Coupon-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a holder for coupons of that type gotten up in folded strips, such as mileage tickets, ice tickets, and the like, one of the objects of the invention being to provide a simple form of holder which can be readily formed from sheet metal and the parts of which, when properly assembled, constitute means for completely protecting the coupon strips which can be drawn any desired distance therefrom and torn off along a straight edge.

A further object is to provide a holder of this character which is cheap to manufacture, compact and the parts of which are held together without the use of fastening means of any kind.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter de scribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawing: Figure 1 is a plan View of the holder, a portion of a coupon shown extending therefrom. Fig. 2 is a section on the line AB of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line CD of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a side elevation of the holder showing the magazine partly inserted into the cover. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the cover. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the magazine, a portion being broken away.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a cover plate prefen ably of light sheet metal, the same being provided with side flanges 2 and the side flanges extend up to one end of the plate where they abut against end flanges 3 provided with lips 4 which bear downwardly on the free longitudinal edgesof the flanges 2 so as thus to form an end socket 5 within the cover. An ear 6 is extended from the cover Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1916.

Serial Ito. 8,089.

between the flanges 5 and may be provided with an opening 7 whereby it can be at tached readily to a chain or other holding means. vAngular elongated ears 8 extend from the sides of the cover 1 close to that end thereof remote from the pocket 5 and formed in the cover between these ears is an opening 9.

It will be apparent that the cover herein described can be readily formed from a single blank of sheet metal cut to proper shape and then folded. The magazine of the holder is likewise formed in a single sheet of thin metal or other suitable material and is bent to form a body portion 10 having slde flanges 11 and end flanges 12, there bemg a rectangular tongue 13 extending from one of the end flanges 12 and provided with an opening 14-. The magazine is so proportioned that it can be inserted readily between the side flanges 2 on the cover and the tongue 13 can be inserted readily between the angular ears 8.

In assembling the parts, the strip of coupons to be used is folded loosely within the boX like portion of the magazine and the free end of the strip is held across the opening 14, in the tongue 13. Said tongue is then inserted longitudinally between the ears 8 until the magazine slips over the lips whereupon said magazine will spring against the cover 1 so that the tongue 13 will lie substantially parallel with the cover. The box like portion of the magazine is then thrust under the lip 1 which will yieldingly engage it and, consequently hold the parts properly assembled. By now inserting the thumb and first finger through the openings 1 1- and 9, the strip which is extended between the plate 1 and tongue 13 can be gripped between the fingers and pulled longitudinally so as to project beyond the free ends of the tongue 13 and plate 1. The projecting portion of the strip can be pulled outwardly a desired distance, as shown in Fig. 1, after which it can be torn off along the edge of the tongue 13 or of the plate 1.

It will be seen that the structure is very cheap to manufacture, is compact, durable and efficient and is especially advantageous for use in connection with mileage tickets and the like, as will be apparent. It will be noted thatthe tongue 13, which is preferably of a resilient nature, serves to hold the magazine pressed against the plate 1 while said tongue is in engagement with the ears 8 so that accidental displacement of the parts is prevented. Furthermore the lips 4 frictionally engage the magazine and serve to hold it in place. However, should the magazine by any chance slip out of engagement with the lips 4, accidental separation of the parts would be prevented by reason of the fact that the tongue 13, engaging the ears 8, would continue to hold the magazine pressed against the plate 1. The only way in which the magazine can be disengaged from the cover plate 1 is to spring it outwardly after withdrawing it from under the lip 4:, thus bending the tongue 13 as shown in Fig. 4.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A holder of the class described formed of blank sheet metal and comprising a cover plate having side and end flanges cooperating to form an end pocket, angular retaining ears extending from the sides of the cover plate at that end thereof remote from the pocket, a magazine including a box-like portion insertible longitudinally between the side flanges and into the pocket and hav ing an open face, and a flexible tongue extending outwardly from and the full width of one end of said box-like portion and insertible longitudinally into engagement with the angular ears on the cover plate, said tongue being flush with the open face of the magazine and constituting means for holding the box-like portion pressed yieldingly with its open face against the cover plate and between the side flanges, the angular ears, tongues, flanges and pockets cooperating to hold the box-like portion against accidental displacement relative to the cover plate.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

KERRY E. CONLEY.

Witnesses:

I. L. EOKHOLDT, PAUL C. FUL ER.

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